LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII Yoshinori Kitase Announcement Presentation
just a video with Kitase saying stuff
just a video with Kitase saying stuff
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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII announced for 2013 [Up3: Famitsu Details]
- Thread starter Kagari
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Saint Gregory
Member
I feel like I'm the only one who got this.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Remember when Square made various Final Fantasies in one console generation?
Different characters, different worlds, different combat systems, different artstyles?
Oh snap. Goddamn. Truth bombs being dropped now.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wait, I thought people hated XIII
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
She's sassy, and her hair is a very pleasant color.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Noel was the first shitty friend. You will see when they include Gackt in this one.
djplaeskool
Member
The 1UP article is really good.
Helps add some perspective.
Helps add some perspective.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Sounds like it could be pretty interesting. The artwork looks cool at least. I still need to play XIII-2 though.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Square-Enix has convinced themselves otherwise.
HigherLevel
Member
Square apparently doesn't.
Final Fantasy XIII-3: Majora's Mask? (beaten, obviously)
I'd play it
what
I'd play it
Then again, I said the same thing about XIII and XIII-2. I did play em, but not for very long. I don't think it helps that I've only got a passing interest in FF at most to begin with. 
3DS/Vita chibi sim/RPG spinoff confirmed
what
Alex
Member
That sounds pretty wonderful on paper, I was expecting more of an XIII-2 type romp, and while I actually liked XIII-2 a fair bit, which was a good surprise after the original mess of a game, I wasn't really down for more of the same.
Stripping down the cast and shuttling it into the future, hopefully keeping it as self-contained as possible would be a nice endeavor as well, because of any of the good that came from XIII-2, it certainly didn't involve bringing back that tepid cast and forced world.
it's like they took everything you didn't like and made it into its own game.
Type-0 may not have come out in English so far, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist!
King of the Potato People
Member
Yay indeed at the free-roaming part.
Avatar please!!!
It's because of the G-Force. Don't blame them. Toriyama is the only one that remembers, but he's neglecting to tell them for some reason.
Hey shhhhhh
shut upppp
Eidos is doing great by themselves. Don't drag them into this hell.
Supermanisdead
Member
So many negative opinions right away, lol. We barely know shit about this game!
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Oh man... :lol
You're saying that Noel is Tails and Gackt is Knuckles? D:
Who's Amy Rose?
Team NORA are the Chaotix. Shadow is Caius, and Yeul is Maria.
Did the 1Up article end up making it seem like VP/BoF
Q? Because that's what I got out of the IGN article.
Boss Man
Member
The details make it sound kind of interesting; especially the free roaming part...but they always do sound interesting. I'm sure that this is actually just another hallway 'adventure', probably even more linear with only a single character. I'm anticipating something like Crisis Core.
I imagine it would be kind of like this. Open world but without the time limit being there just to make no sense at all.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
You can only feel underwhelmed when you expect anything out of this. In other words,
Serah.
I think that's why, at least for me.
I at least want to know how this tie into FFXIII-2 if its going to be the final conclusion to the Lightning Saga.
BlazingDarkness
Member
A few bits of info;
-The battle system is time based, real time
-You map different attacks to the face buttons, there are no menus (like KH but less button mashy)
-You can move freely around in battle, timing is important
-'Overclock' ability lets you slow down time in battle to gain an advantage (wasn't Overclock originally shown with the first FFXIII trailer??)
-Lightning has loads of customization, and her skill selection is reflected by the gear which you have her wear
-The world is all new
-The game is open world, and quest based, not linear
-Different actions burn time in different ways in the world, such as discovering a certain treasure, or making certain decisions
-After 13 days you may be forced into the final battle regardless
-The battle system is time based, real time
-You map different attacks to the face buttons, there are no menus (like KH but less button mashy)
-You can move freely around in battle, timing is important
-'Overclock' ability lets you slow down time in battle to gain an advantage (wasn't Overclock originally shown with the first FFXIII trailer??)
-Lightning has loads of customization, and her skill selection is reflected by the gear which you have her wear
-The world is all new
-The game is open world, and quest based, not linear
-Different actions burn time in different ways in the world, such as discovering a certain treasure, or making certain decisions
-After 13 days you may be forced into the final battle regardless
hamauzu kaito
Member
It seems like they tried to replicate Iwata Asks with the videos they posted on youtube, but its horrible.
King of the Potato People
Member
FF is so quintessentially Japanese in flavor that I'm not sure I would want to see that happen.
djplaeskool
Member
edgardavids
Member
So this will be out before versus I assume (again).
Father_Brain
Banned
Saving the big guns for TGS, right?
IDK Kagari, your article sound uncharacteristically optimistic. I actually see what they are doing and I like it: showing off concepts to gauge public reaction and using that to further design the game. It's like they finally learned the importance of focus groups hehe
I'm immensely disappointed. All they showed was concept art and the one trailer wasn't shown to the public. Damn, killed all my hype in one fell swoop. Can't stay hyped for stuff without a trailer.
Oh, and kayos lost no?
It's like Square is feeling less and less sure of itself everyday. "You will love this new game...we think."
Every forum, facebook, youtube and tweet in response to this game are all asking the same fucking question: where is Versus? I wish people wouldn't buy another game from Square until we finally get some concrete answers.